SCOTUS nixes injunction that limited Biden admin contacts with social networks
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On Wednesday, the Supreme Court tossed out claims that the Biden administration coerced social media platforms into censoring users by removing COVID-19 and election-related content.
Complaints alleging that high-ranking government officials were censoring conservatives had previously convinced a lower court to order an injunction limiting the Biden administration's contacts with platforms. But now that injunction has been overturned, re-opening lines of communication just ahead of the 2024 electionsβwhen officials will once again be closely monitoring the spread of misinformation online targeted at voters.
In a 6β3 vote, the majority ruled that none of the plaintiffs suingβincluding five social media users and Republican attorneys general in Louisiana and Missouriβhad standing. They had alleged that the government had "pressured the platforms to censor their speech in violation of the First Amendment," demanding an injunction to stop any future censorship.